Greening Your Home

Help the Environment, Save Energy, Water and Money

Whatever type of homes we live in, we can all take actions to make them greener, healthier and more comfortable places to live.

The Greening Your Home guide will provide you with information that will help you put into practice ideas and approaches for renovating your home in an environmentally sensitive way. Positive changes can be made in many ways, from changing a light bulb or your boiler to larger scale renovation works, and opportunities will arise over time as you gradually repair, extend, rebuild and replace parts of your home.

The information in this guide will help you to:

Save energy and money
Save water and reduce water pollution
Choose environmentally sound materials
Reduce your household waste
Live in a healthier more comfortable home
Improve your garden and enhance biodiversity
Find sources of further information
Find sources of funding for greening your home

You can find the Greening Your Home guide in the attached files section below.

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Renewable Energy

Climate change is a key environmental challenge today. Energy used in our homes contributes almost half of all carbon emissions in Haringey.

We encourage all residents to take steps to use energy wisely and to consider the use of renewable energy technologies in their homes.

Living in a conservation area or a listed building means that you need to pay attention to the special character of your property when considering energy conservation and use of renewable energy.

Below you will find information on appropriate ways to install renewable energy systems without impacting upon the special character of your property.